This isn't a research paper, this is a geek oriented discussion forum. You score points for pedantry though. There is little professional and nothing academic about slashdot. Go read peer reviewed journals if that's what you're looking for, and stop being too lazy to look up a few facts for yourself:-)
It seems that OUR twitter is infected with a rare brain mold that only grows in Mom's basement. Don't blame him, pity him instead. The mold is slowly frying his synapses one by one.
Honestly, if I had had mod points I would have been torn between funny and insightful, but funny doesn't add to karma and it was a good post that deserved a reward so I would choose insightful. Don't get me wrong, it also made me chuckle repeatedly. Thanks for that:-)
Yes there is humor here, but this should be +5 Insightful. Almost EVERY engineering endeavor has involved catastrophic failures at one point or another. If people stopped trying after one such failure we'd be using flint hand axes and making fire with a bow drill still, if even that.
He also thinks that anyone who responds negatively to him is an MS astroturfer. I used to find it a bit amusing, now it just makes me sad for him. I agree that he really seems to believes in both the distortions he posts AND the massive conspiracy against him.
This has zero to do with dark (non-baryonic) matter. They just accounted for half of the missing 'normal' (baryonic) matter that was thought to exist. It's still a small fraction of the total mass-energy sum of the Universe at large.
I certainly don't think he was trolling, I was just scratching my head because I do NOT see the same behavior on the laptop I run it on. It's hardly a powerhouse, a 1.8ghz Turion with 512 megs of RAM. I can start using it shortly after I log in, updates or no updates. I find it interesting.
You're right! It's probably because I'm drunk as a skunk, travelling on business. The essence of what I said holds true still though, but thank you for the correction.
Only online access provided by medical providers that are explicitly covered under the Act. This new generation of info-providers such as Google, MS, etc. are NOT covered by HIPPA. Even the Government has said so (link is posted elsewhere in this discussion by someone).
Your medical provider is covered by HIPPA and CANNOT release your records to a third party without your consent. When you go to a new doctor they generally make you sign something saying they can share it with your insurance company, who also cannot share it with Google without your consent.
The way Google Health works is you give them your data and they store it.
The odds are pretty damn good that there will never be a means of communicating faster than light. Although our knowledge of the universe keeps growing, changing, and revising, it looks less and less likely that tachyons, for instance, even exist, and even *if* they do that they cannot be harnessed for any sort of information transfer.
Meh. I'm not sure how cool it would be. I'd much rather see them work towards restoring species that went extinct because of human activity. I'm pretty sure we didn't cause the demise of the dinosaurs.
Not sure about your PC's, but every one of mine has an easily removeable BIOS that requires none of that. Even if it did, what tech savvy person DOESN'T know how to desolder a chip and pop in a new one. I didn't say it would be easy for the average Joe.
Probably not, but it makes for interesting thought experiments. I would not use reptiles though. Birds are probably far closer genetically to dinosaurs than any living reptiles are today. Some might even say that dinosaurs didn't really die off; they evolved into birds and lived on in that manner.
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Yes, to both questions. Neal always has a snack around that time.
Twitteritis? Ballmerphobia? Fanboi Disease?
This isn't a research paper, this is a geek oriented discussion forum. You score points for pedantry though. There is little professional and nothing academic about slashdot. Go read peer reviewed journals if that's what you're looking for, and stop being too lazy to look up a few facts for yourself :-)
Ahhh. Reverse psychology! I never considered that.
No...on second thought I think he just has a brain mold. Tragic, really.
It seems that OUR twitter is infected with a rare brain mold that only grows in Mom's basement. Don't blame him, pity him instead. The mold is slowly frying his synapses one by one.
Honestly, if I had had mod points I would have been torn between funny and insightful, but funny doesn't add to karma and it was a good post that deserved a reward so I would choose insightful. Don't get me wrong, it also made me chuckle repeatedly. Thanks for that :-)
No, but it's the same information in yet another file that can be compromised/lost on a stolen laptop/etc. It just multiplies the existing risk.
Yes there is humor here, but this should be +5 Insightful. Almost EVERY engineering endeavor has involved catastrophic failures at one point or another. If people stopped trying after one such failure we'd be using flint hand axes and making fire with a bow drill still, if even that.
He also thinks that anyone who responds negatively to him is an MS astroturfer. I used to find it a bit amusing, now it just makes me sad for him. I agree that he really seems to believes in both the distortions he posts AND the massive conspiracy against him.
I changed my sig in honor of this young man. Enough is enough. Death to Scientology!
This has zero to do with dark (non-baryonic) matter. They just accounted for half of the missing 'normal' (baryonic) matter that was thought to exist. It's still a small fraction of the total mass-energy sum of the Universe at large.
I certainly don't think he was trolling, I was just scratching my head because I do NOT see the same behavior on the laptop I run it on. It's hardly a powerhouse, a 1.8ghz Turion with 512 megs of RAM. I can start using it shortly after I log in, updates or no updates. I find it interesting.
You're right! It's probably because I'm drunk as a skunk, travelling on business. The essence of what I said holds true still though, but thank you for the correction.
Only online access provided by medical providers that are explicitly covered under the Act. This new generation of info-providers such as Google, MS, etc. are NOT covered by HIPPA. Even the Government has said so (link is posted elsewhere in this discussion by someone).
Your medical provider is covered by HIPPA and CANNOT release your records to a third party without your consent. When you go to a new doctor they generally make you sign something saying they can share it with your insurance company, who also cannot share it with Google without your consent.
The way Google Health works is you give them your data and they store it.
You don't opt out. You have to sign up and opt in for them to get your records.
I agree 100% with GP. I even wrote Google to that effect. Not that I expect them to do anything with my feedback other than send it to the bitbucket.
This is a horrible, horrible precedent to set, allowing a 3rd party to have access to people's medical records without any protection under the law.
HIPPA *does* need to be updated, immediately, to cover online databases.
I agree. IBM deserves a hand for this. I'm sure it will leave a lasting impression on the laptop market.
Not in this case because you asked for it and enjoyed it.
You are assuming that EULA's are enforceable. It might be an interesting case to see just what the courts make of this.
Huh? I use AVG Free on one of my machines at home and it doesn't 'kidnap' my system. Things run just fine while it checks for updates.
The odds are pretty damn good that there will never be a means of communicating faster than light. Although our knowledge of the universe keeps growing, changing, and revising, it looks less and less likely that tachyons, for instance, even exist, and even *if* they do that they cannot be harnessed for any sort of information transfer.
the gay rights people on your ass.
No thank you! Do not want! I mean...not that there's anything wrong with that...it's just not my thing.
Meh. I'm not sure how cool it would be. I'd much rather see them work towards restoring species that went extinct because of human activity. I'm pretty sure we didn't cause the demise of the dinosaurs.
Not sure about your PC's, but every one of mine has an easily removeable BIOS that requires none of that. Even if it did, what tech savvy person DOESN'T know how to desolder a chip and pop in a new one. I didn't say it would be easy for the average Joe.
Probably not, but it makes for interesting thought experiments. I would not use reptiles though. Birds are probably far closer genetically to dinosaurs than any living reptiles are today. Some might even say that dinosaurs didn't really die off; they evolved into birds and lived on in that manner.